A gift your children and community will never forget.
Learning for the 21st Century. Launched by entrepreneurial parents like you.
Acton Academy Austin
Austin, TX. Founded in 2009
Acton Leadership Academy
Tomball, TX. Founded in 2019
Slope School
Utah County, UT. Founded in 2018
Acton Academy Guatemala
Guatemala City, Guatemala. Founded in 2014
Acton Academy Placer
Placer County, CA. Founded in 2017
300+ Schools
30 Countries
42 U.S States
What makes Acton Academy different?
Important work. Challenging play. A love of learning.
Hands-on tasks. Adaptive technology. Close-knit, flourishing tribes.
A belief that each child is destined to find a calling that will change the world.
Watch the following 3 videos to learn more about Acton:
Video #1
What if your child is a super hero?
Every child a genius who deserves to find a calling.
Exciting adventure, meaningful challenge, life-long transformation.
A hero’s journey as a metaphor for life.
Video #1
What if your child is a super hero?
Video #2
How we can help:
Proven learning challenges, tools and systems.
Adaptive game-based programs.
Tips, testimony and support from veteran owners.
Video #3
Acton Owners:
Serve our children and families.
Equip, inspire and connect learners to lead at an early age.
Treat each child as a hero who is destined to change the world
Video #3
Acton Owners:
Serve our children and families.
Equip, inspire and connect learners to lead at an early age.
Treat each child as a hero who is destined to change the world
Video #3
The Acton Network provides the tools and guidance necessary to launch your own Acton campus
Our commitments to you
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Comprehensive support at every stage of your academy's journey.
02
Learning challenges, narrative arcs, and exhibitions for world-class learning.
03
An immersive pre-orientation, orientation and onboarding process.
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Systems, procedures, and best practices to grow your campus as you turn over more responsibility to learners.
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Lively forums to share testimony and experiments with 300+ owners like you from all around the world.
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Invitations to our annual Acton Owner's Conference for those committed to building learner-driven tribes.
Our commitments to you
01
Comprehensive support at every stage of your academy's journey.
02
Learning challenges, narrative arcs, and exhibitions for world-class learning.
03
An immersive pre-orientation, orientation and onboarding process.
04
Comprehensive support at every stage of your academy's journey.
05
Learning challenges, narrative arcs, and exhibitions for world-class learning.
06
Invitations to our annual Acton Owner's Conference for those committed to building learner-driven tribes..
Your commitments to Acton
Uphold Acton Academy's mission, family promises, and beliefs.
Gather and share weekly customer satisfaction surveys to ensure we deliver on our promises to families.
A one time $20,000 license and orientation fee, plus network dues of 3% of annual campus revenues.
Our Beliefs
The Audition Process
01
Take a Short Assessment
In this step, you'll answer a few questions to see if you have what it takes to open an Acton Academy for your family and your community.
02
Begin Research and Critical First Steps
In this step, you'll dig deep into our learning model, build your unique vision for your Acton Academy, and experiment to see if you and your community are ready for an Acton.
03
Submit Your Final Audition
You'll get to the heart of why you want to launch an Acton Academy and have the opportunity to ask any lingering questions you still might have.
Do you have what it takes to open an Acton Academy?
Launching an Acton Academy is not a casual decision. It’s a multi-year commitment to building a learner-driven community, serving families, and trusting children with real responsibility. But the Audition is simply the first step — a chance to discover whether you, your family, and your community are ready to join a global revolution in learning.
01
Take a Short Assessment
In this step, you'll answer a few questions to see if you have what it takes to open an Acton Academy for your family and your community.
02
Begin Research and Critical First Steps
In this step, you'll dig deep into our learning model, build your unique vision for your Acton Academy, and experiment to see if you and your community are ready for an Acton.
03
Submit Your Final Audition
You'll get to the heart of why you want to launch an Acton Academy and have the opportunity to ask any lingering questions you still might have.
Join our Audition Community
If you make it past Step 1, you'll be invited to our Acton Audition Community where you'll walk alongside other courageous, entrepreneurial parents as you explore whether Acton Academy is the right calling for your family and community.
01
Live Q&A and Owner Interviews
Hear directly from Acton owners who have gone before you. Ask real questions. Learn from their victories, their experiments, and their honest stories of building a learner-driven tribe.
02
Financial Insights & Projections
See the real numbers behind running an Acton Academy. Transparent financial models. Actual campus examples. A grounded view of what it takes to build something lasting.
03
Community Readiness Challenges
Work through a series of thoughtful challenges designed to reveal whether your community is hungry for a learner-driven alternative—and whether you are ready to lead it.
04
A Circle of Fellow Travelers
Connect with other prospective owners on the same path. Share learning. Ask questions. Build early friendships with people who will one day be your running partners.
05
Launch Guide
A step-by-step roadmap for researching, preparing, and launching your Acton Academy with best practices and details of what to expect.
06
A Free Chapter of
Courage to Grow
Read a chapter of the book that sparked thousands of Acton Academies around the world—and the story that continues to inspire families to choose a different path.
07
Next Great Adventure &
Heroic Parenting Tools
Access the same tools Acton learners and families use to grow stronger, strengthen character, and discover a calling.
08
At-Home Practice Tools
Try simple Acton-style activities in your own home. See how your children respond when they are trusted, challenged, and invited into real work and responsibility.
09
The Family Plan Badge
A core Acton Academy experience. Build a shared vision, habits, and values together as a family. Begin living the Hero’s Journey before you even open your doors.
Are you ready to turn learning upside down?
Notice of Nondiscriminatory Policy as to Students and Affiliates
Acton Academy admits learners and affiliates of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students via online school presence. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
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